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ISAIAIT  21,  11. 
He   CALir,ETH    TO   ME   OUT   OF   SEIR.       WATCHMAN,    WHAT   OF   THE 

NIGHT  ?     Watchman,  wfjAT  of  the  night  i 


^f\  RANGE  of  mountains  on  the  sonth  bor- 
der of  Judea  in  Arabia  was  called  Seir.  One  of 
the  Arabs  in  these  mountains,  is  represented  in  the 
vision  of  the  Prophet,  as  awakened  to  enquire  of 
him;  "Watchman,  what  of  the  night?"  What  are 
the  tidings  ?  You  stand  on  the  watch  tower,  to  des- 
cry danger  ;  you  are  always  awake  ;  what  do  you 
discover  ?  What  is  the  voice  of  prophecy  ?  What 
time  of  the  night  is  it  ?  When  will  it  be  morning  ? 
What  is  the  aspect  of  the  times  ?  What  is  to  be 
done  ? 

To  such  enquiries  the  prophet  points  out  the 
duty  of  his  hearer,  and  the  signs  of  the  times.  Like 
him,  as  far  as  I  am  able,  I  would  consider  the  signs 
and  duties  of  our  times  ;  but  alas,  my  replies  will 
be  as  much  inferior  to  those  of  the  inspired 
prophet,  as  my  hearers  are  superior  to  an  assem- 
bly of  Arabians.  Yet  with  perfect  reliance  on 
your  candor  I  proceed  to  observe, 

I.  The  woes  of  /ion's  long  night  of  affliction 
are  coming  to  a  final  close. 

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friends,  has  long  been  matter  of  exultation  with  her 
enemies.  Once  Christianity  adorned  the  crowns 
and  sceptres  of  the  world  ;  once  kings  and  emper- 
ors were  happy  to  bear  the  cross  of  Jesus,  to  be 
the  powerful  advocates  of  the  Redeemer's  cause. 
But  long,  long  has  this  ceased  to  be  descriptive  of 
the  church.  Long  has  she  been  deserted  by  her 
powerful  friends,  her  royal  benefactors  ;  she  has 
long  been  '^  in  the  wilderness,"  either  persecuted 
or  forsaken.  This  state  of  adversity  and  exile,  to 
be  endured  by  the  church,  is  in  scripture  described 
by  various  figures  and  emblems.  Rev.  12.  6. 
"And  the  woman,"  die  true  church,  "fled  into  the 
wilderness,  where  she  hath  a  place  prepared  of 
God,  that  they  should  feed  her  dicre,  a  thousand, 
two  hundred,  and  three  score  days,"  or  twelve 
hundred  and  sixty  days.  One  rule  of  prophetic 
writing  is,  to  put  a  day  for  a  year,  which  is  so  gen- 
erally admitted  as  to  require  no  proof. 

Kere  then  \\e  learn  the  exact  period,  during 
which  the  church  sliall  be  afflicted,  tv/clve  hun- 
dred and  sixty  years.  Other  passages  con- 
firm this.  Rev.  11.  2,  3.  "But  the  court,  which  is 
without  the  temple  leave  out,  and  measure  it  not, 
for  it  is  given  to  the  gentiles,  and  the  holy  city,  i.  e. 
the  church  shall  they  tread  under  foot  forty  and 
two  months."  Reckoning  thirty  days  to  a  month, 
as  was  then  the  custom,  furty-two  months  are  pre- 
cisely twelve  hundred  and  sixty  days,  or  years ; 
during  this  period  the  church  is  "■  to  be  trodden 
under  foot,"  as  it  now  is.  The  next  verse  more 
plainly  confirms  this.  "  And  I  will  give  power  un- 
to my  two  witnesses,  and  they  shall  prophecy  a 
thousand  two  hundred  and  three  score  days,  clothed 
in  sackcloth.'^  Agreeably  to  this,  we  learn  that  the 
triumph  of  scoffers  and  persecutors  will  continue 
just  twelve  hundred  and  sixty  years.     Rev.  13,  S. 


^'  And  there  was  given  to  it"  (tlie  beast)  "  a  mouth 
speaking  great  things  and  blasphemies,  and  power 
was  given  unto  it  to  make  war*  forty  and  two 
months."  Thus  twelve-hundred  and  sixty  years  is 
the  period,  during  which  bhisphemers  shall  prevail, 
and  the  church  be  afflicted.  The  same  fact  we 
learn  from  the  old  Testament.  In  Daniel  a  dread- 
ful power  represented  by  "  a  little  horn,"  which, 
like  the  "  beast"  in  Revelation,  "  spoke  great  words 
against  the  most  High,  and  changed  times  and  laws, 
and  into  whose  hands  the  saints  were  given,"  is  to 
continue  "  a  time  and  times  and  the  dividing  of 
time,"  that  is,  a  year,  two  years,  and  half  a  year, 
precisely,  forty-two  months,  or  twelve  hundred  and 
sixty  years.  Having  repeatedly  discussed  the  sub- 
ject, I  shall  spend  no  time  in  proving  that  the  pa- 
pal church  is  this  persecuting,  blasphemous  power. 
The  question  remaining  is,  %vlien  did  that  church 
become  so  wicked,  as  to  be  no  longer  a  true  church 
and  therefore,  represented  by  a  beast  or  the  horn 
of  a  beast.  Could  we  ascertain  this,  we  should 
know  when  the  Church  v/ould  throw  off  her  sack- 
cloth, and  come  up  from  the  wilderness.  This 
point  has  been  investigated  according  to  its  great 
importance.  But  the  nature  of  the  case  shows 
that  the  exact  time  cannot  be  demonstrated,  till  the 
period  specified  is  fulfilled.  We  need  not,  there- 
fore, be  surprized,  that  different  writers  have  a- 
dopted  various  opinions.  Some  have  gone  back 
for  the  apostacy  of  the  Romish  church  to  A  D  257, 
the  time  of  Stephen,  an  arrogant  and  haughty  Ro- 
mish pontiff.  Others,  for  various  reasons,  which 
we  have  not  time  to  discuss,  fix  their  eye  on  A  D 
GOCt,  when  Phocas,  the  emperor,  conferred  on  the 
bishop  of  Rome,  the  insolent  title  of  universal  Bisli- 

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op,  and  virtually  delivered  the  whole  christian 
world  into  his  hands  to  be  persecuted  and  humbled. 
Others  think  the  apostacy  commenced,  and  the 
true  church  was  driven  into  the  wilderness  A  D 
755  or  6  when  Pepin  king  of  Freince  constituted 
the  Pope  the  prince  of  a  considerable  country.  If 
we  prefer  the  first  period,  and  add  two  hundred 
and  fifty  seven  to  twelve  hundred  and  sixty,  it 
brings  us  down  to  1517,  the  Vffry  year  in  which  M. 
I.uther  appeared  to  dispel  the  darkness  of  papal 
night,  which  some,  perhaps,  would  consider  the 
dawn  of  the  millennial  day.  If  we  fix  on  six  hundred 
and  six,  which  to  most  divines  seems  to  be  the  true 
time,  it  brings  us  down  to  18S6,  which  is  fifty  four 
years  from  the  present  time.  This,  certainly,  is  a 
short  period  compared  with  twelve  hundred  and 
sixty  3'ears.  Let  the  church  then  be  calm  and  quiet, 
tho'  the  moon  be  turned  to  blood,  and  the  stars  fall 
from  heaven,  her  time  of  suffering  is  rapidly  coming 
to  a  final  close. 

II.  Does  any  one,  like  the  man  of  the  mountains, 
repeat  ihe  enquiry,  ''Watchman,  Watchman,  what  of 
the  night,"  I  a.^-.iin  reply.  It  is  the  reign  o{-  Aiiti-christ^ 
the  short  triumph  of  thai  tremendous  king  mention- 
ed in  I'anicl,  who  does  according  to  his  fFill. 

The  world  has  never  seen  such  a  Power  before  ; 
the  book  of  God  has  described  no  other  like  him  \ 
we  cannot  mistake  him ;  he  has  no  fellow. 

Tho'  the  papal  power  was  in  some  sort  to  be  the 
agent,  or  instrument  of  /ion's  woes,  during  the 
whole  period  of  twelve  ^  hundr  xl  and  sixty  years, 
yet  toward  the  close  of  this  time,  another  Power 
or  "  beast"'  was  to  rise  up  and  destroy  thi.->  papal 
beast.  Hence  we  see,  they  must  for  a  certain 
period  exist  together.  The  ten  horns,  or  kingdoms 
of  the  beasi,  or  Anti-christian  Power,  arc  said  "  to 


liat«  the  mothci'  of  harlots,  or  the  papacy,  and  to 
make  her  desolate,  and  naked,  and  to  eat  her  flesh, 
and  to  burn  her  with  fire."  Has  not  this  of  late 
years  been  astonishingly  verified  in  the  miseries, 
which  the  Anti-christian  armies  have  inflicted,  par- 
ticularly on  the  papists  of  Europe  ?  Again  St. 
John  saw  the  Romish  Church  in  the  form  of  "  a  wo- 
man, arrayed  in  purple  and  scarlet,  decked  with  gold, 
precious  stones,  and  pearls,  riding"  to  destruction 
"  upon  a  scarlet  colored  beast,  a  cruel  monster, 
covered  with  blood,  and  full  of  names  of  blasphe- 
my." Just  so  have  the  last  pontiffs  of  Rome  been 
seen  by  us  all,  leaning,  or  "  riding,"  depending  up- 
on the  tyrant  of  Europe,  flattering  him,  calling  him 
their  Dear  Son^  and  anointing  him  emperor,  till 
they  are  themselves  crushed  under  his  feet.  Whe- 
ther there  now  be  a  Pope  is  uncertain.  If  he  ex- 
ist, he  has  ceased  "  to  speak  as  a  dragon,"  and  is 
what  St.  John  foretold,  that  he  would  be  in  his  fall- 
en state,  "  a  false  prophet."  Daniel  described  the 
character  of  this  Power,  which  should  thus  destroy 
the  papacy,  more  than  twenty  three  centuries  be- 
fore he  arose.  "  And  the  king  shall  do  according 
to  his  will,  and  he  shall  exalt  himself,  and  magnify 
himself  above  every  God,  and  shall  speak  marvel- 
lous things  against  the  Cod  of  Gods.  Neither 
shall  he  regard  the  God  of  his  fathers,  nor  the  de- 
sire of  women,  nor  regard  any  C.oi^ ,  for  he  shall 
magnify  himself  above  all."  Vv^e  icnow  that  the 
Messiah  was  the  desire  of  women.  Each  hoped  to 
be  the  mother  of  that  illustrious  son,  who  should 
rule  the  nations.  This  Power  does  not  regard  the 
Messiah  ;  he  denies  him  and  the  Father.  He  is  an 
atheist,  and  the  scourge  of  christians.  According 
to  other  scriptures,  "  all  the  world  are  wondering 
after  this  beast."      The   prophet  says,    "  All  who 


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tUvcll  upon  ihc  earth  do  worship  him,"  that  is;, 
manifest  a  respectful  homage,  bordering  upon  idola- 
try ;  all  do,  "  whose  names  are  not  written  in  the 
book  of  life."  Has  he  not  power  given  him,  com- 
paratively, over  all  kindreds,  and  tongues,  and  na- 
tions ?  Who  is  like  the  beast  ?  Who  is  able  to 
make  war  with  him,  exclaim  his  abject  worshippers. 

No  historian  can  now,  in  so  few  words,  more  ex- 
acdy  describe,  the  royal  vassals  of  this  tyrant,  than 
did  St.  John  eighteen  hundred  years  ago.  Rev. 
17.  12.  "  And  the  ten  horns,  which  thou  sawest, 
are  teri  kings^  who  have  not  by  any  means  received 
a  kingdom,  but  receive  power,  as  ki?igs,  one  hour 
with  the  beast."  That  is,  half  a  score  of  tributary 
kings,  who  have  !)y  no  means  received  a  real,  per- 
manent power  ;  yet  for  a  few  months,  they  wear 
crowns,  and  are  called  kings,  and  treated  as  kings. 
So  the  kings  of  Etruria,  of  Westphalia,  of  Naples, 
of  Holland,  have  been  as  kings  one  hour,  and  then 
passed  away.  These  ten  kings,  saith  the  Prophet, 
have  one  mind,  and  have  unanimously  given  their 
power,  and  strength  unto  the  beast.  So  madly 
disposed  have  been  the  Kings  of  Prussia,  of  Spain, 
of  Wirtemberg,  of  Sazony,  and  others.  So  triumph- 
ant is  the  present  sway  of  Anti-christ. 

HI.  Do  any  repeat  the  enquiry  of  the  text, 
•  Watchman,  what  are  tlie  tidings,'  I  answer,  that  af- 
ter more  than  half  a  centry  of  war  and  devastation 
among  the  nations,  the  last  enterprize  of  this  terri- 
ble power  is  called  by  way  of  distinction  the  battle, 
the  battle  of  the  great  day  of  God  Almighty,  prepa- 
rations are  making  for  this  closing  scene,  the  final 
catastrophe. 

The  grand  object  of  this  Anti-christian  confede- 
acy  is  conquest  and  war,  "  war  with  the  Lamb  ;" 


ihs»H 


IS, 


war,  war,  perpetual  war,  13  their   object  ;    and  the 
I.amb  shall  finally    overcome  them,    for  he  is  the 
Lord  of  Lords,  and  King  of  Kings,    and  they  who 
are  with  him  are  called,  and    chosen,  and  faithful. 
All  these  congregated   kings,    with   dic'r  emperor, 
are  enemies  of  Christianity.     Infidel  kings  and  pre- 
sidents have  agreed  to  give  their   authority  to    the 
Anti-christian  beast.     Tiiey  will  prosper,    till   the 
indignation  be  overpast,  till  the  saints  are   purified, 
and  the  wicked  are  ripe  for  ruin»     The   state  of  so- 
ciety on  the  continent  of  Europe,  and  wherever  the 
influence  of  Anti-christ    prevails,  seems  nearly  as 
corrupt  as  possible.     Those  Rulers,  who  hold  their 
power  only,  "  as  kings"  seem   nearly  ripe    for  the 
most  desperate  expedition,   for  the  most    nefarious 
warfare.     Look  at  that  State  in  this  country,  where 
the  papal  religion  has  predominated,  where  now    a 
lawless  banditti  are  carrying  terror  thro'  their  fair- 
est city.     "  Babylon  the  great    is   fallen,  is  fallen, 
and  is  become  the  habitation  of  devils,  and  the  hold 
of  every  foul  spirit,  and  a  cage  of  every  unclean  and 
hateful  bird."  That  is,  the  nations  lately  under  the 
sceptre  of  the  Roman  pontiff,  have  lost  their  head,  a 
new  order  of  things  has  comm.enced.    Those  people 
have  broken  away  from  the  partial  restraints  of  super- 
stition ;  they  are    given   up  to  the  more  unbridled 
rage  of  atheism,   the   triumph   of  blacker  crimes, 
and   the  reign    of    hell.       Those     kingdoms    arc 
virtually   the  habhaiion  of  devils ;  the  disgorgings 
of    the    infernal      world,     the     pandemonium    of 
every    species  of  licentiousness    and  abomination. 
The  Jewish  Sanhedrim  is  revived  ;    the  Jews  are 
noticed  ;  their  country  is  brought  into  notice.  "  The 
unclean  spirits,  like  frogs,  are  gone  forth  to  gather 
the  tributary  governments  to  the  battle."     We  have 
seen  their  recruiting  officers  ;  we  have   seen  their 
flags  ;  wc  have  heard  tlicir  martial  music  ;  we  have 


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seen  that not  one  man  among  us  would  enlist.- 

The  time  is  expiring  lor  the  holy  city  to  be  trodden 
down  of  the  gentiles.  The  head  of  the  Anti-chris- 
tinn  power,  who  ever  he  may  then  be,  with  his  vas- 
s>d  kings,  v/lll  then  invade  Palestine,  and  occu- 
]<y  the  glorious  holy  mountain;  there  shall  he  per- 
ish between  the  t^vo  seas,  near  the  town  of  Megid- 
do.  There  will  be  such  an  army,  and  such  a  bat- 
tle, as  were  never  known  before.  The  Lord  shall  ut- 
ter his  voice  before  his  army,  for  his  camp  is  very 
great.  Then  to  his  own  people,  he  will  say,  "  I  will 
bend  you  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil,  and  ye  shall  be  sat- 
isfied." The  fowls  of  heaven  are  filled  v/ith  the 
flesh  of  his  enemies. 

IV.  Do  I  h.ear  tl-.e  voice,  ''  Whatchman,  what  of 
the  niglu,"  I  reply.  At  this  time  the  people  of  this 
country  arc  considering  and  deciding  on  the  part, 
ihey  will   take  in  the  great  battle,  which  we   have 
nientioned. 

Never  was  a  crisi:-;  more  serious  in  human  affairs  ; 
never  was  a  day  so  momentous  to  the  happiness  of 
individuals  or  the  nation.  The  proclamation  is  pub- 
lished ;  the  country,  the  v.'orld  are  in  motion.  I'am- 
ilics  are  dividing  and  marshalling  themselves  on  op- 
posite sides.  All  former  parties  and  divisions,  com- 
pared with  tlic  present,  were  merely  the  play  and 
sport  of  thildren.  The  contest  is  no  longer  be- 
tween rival  candidates  lor  fame,  but  immediately  be- 
tween Christ  and  Anti-christ,  between  Almighty 
God,  and  tliat  atheistic  Power,  who  exalts  himself 
above  all  that  is  called  God  ;  for  "  all  who  dwell 
upon  the  earth  shall  worship  "  this  power  of  atheism, 
"whose  names  are  not  written  in  the  book  of  life.'' 
Rev.  k",  "  'I'lie  wicked  shall  do  wickedly,  and  none 
of  the  wicked  shall  understand,  and  all  the  world 
wondered  after  the  beast,  and  all  who  dwell  upon 
the  eurih  shall  worship  him,  whose  names  are  not 


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11 

written  in  the  book  of  life."  Not  with  a  devout  wor- 
ship do  they  honor  him  ;  but  with  that  slavish  ob- 
sequiousness, so  universally,  manifested  by  his  ad- 
mirers. 

In  this  place  [  am  compelled  to  pause,  and  con- 
gratulate all  good  men  on  the  happy  appearance  of 
the  public  mind  in  this  part  of  the  country.  As  hr 
as  1  know,  scarcely  a  man  appears  on  the  side 
of  Anti-christ,  perhaps  one  or  two  in  a  town,  that 
is,  one  or  two  among  tu'o  or  three  ih.)usnnd  peo- 
ple. If  the  present  silenrc  of  the  minority  arouad 
us  shall  prove  to  be  the  influence  of  new  light  and 
uprightness,  if  they  suffer  the  friends  of  peace  to 
save  the  country  from  the  fangs  of  "  the  scarlet  col- 
ored beast,"  and  make  no  opposition,  I  will  retract 
some  descriptions  of  them  rather  unta"orable,  and 
implore  their  forgiveness. 

But  to  return  ;  the  obsequiousness  of  this  country 
to  the  despot  of  Europe  needs   no  proof   or    illus- 
tration from  me.     Is  it  credible,  that  the  leaders  of 
this  war  would  bring  general  distress  and    ruin  on 
the  country,  and  expose    themselves  to    scorn,  and 
detestation  for  nothing  ?  Men   never  hazard    such 
evils,  but  for  a  supposed  adequate  return.     Where 
in  the  universe  canyon  discover  the  nK)iive  of  such 
a   distracted    impulse    but    in   their    hearty    union 
with  the  rrcnch  Emperor  ?  This  then  is  h>evitably 
his  war.     This  has  been  so  often  proved  as  to  need 
v.o  confirmation.     I  might  as    well  prove    that  the 
sun  shines.      If  we  engage  in  this  war,  then  we  take 
side  with  the  despot  ;  we  enlist  under  his  fatal  ban- 
jier  ;  we  make  a  common  cause  with  him,  and  must 
share  in  his  ajiproaching  destruction.     Can    I    say 
any  thing  more  to    deter    every    considerate    man, 
from  embarking  in  this  terrible  conllict  ? 

Other  arguments,  as  weighty  as  the  world,  which 
admit  neither  cavil  nor  reply  IVom  inlidcliiy  herself, 


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press  themselves  on  our  attention.  Yoii  love  yoiu' 
families  ;  your  domestic  supplies  and  comforts  arc 
dear  to  you,  as  the  blood,  which  rolls  thro'  your 
hearts.  It  fills  your  minds  with  rich  delight  to 
supply  their  wants,  to  swell  the  tide  of  their  plea- 
sures. But  you  do  hiow,  that  this  war  will  arrest 
the  prosperity  of  the  country,  and  the  prosperity  of 
yowv  families.  This  war  stabs  your  commerce  in 
the  vitals  ;  tliat  commerce,  which  has  enabled  you 
to  enlarge  your  possessions,  and  to  improve  your 
affitirs  ;  that  commerce,  whieli  has  diffused  glad- 
ness and  activity  over  the  land.  You  cannot  so  far 
stifle  the  convictions  of  your  understandings  ;  you 
cannot  so  far  degrade  and  debase  your  minds,  as  to 
believe  that  your  commerce  can  flourish  in  a  war 
vllh  England,  while  her  thousand  armed  ships 
carry  thunder  over  the  ocean.  Will  you  attempt 
to  calculate  the  distress,  the  poverty,  the  ruin, 
which  will  follow  the  ruin  of  your  commerce  ?  To 
those,  who  love  their  fam.ilies,  to  those,  who  re- 
gard themceives,  need  I  say  any  more  ?  If  you 
proceed  to  v/ar,  then  a  farewell,  a  long  Farewell  to 
])rospcrity,  ;ind  domestic  comfort.  Hy  the  little,  the 
wry  Ut:li'.,  com[)arfttively,  which  you  have  endured 
by  embar,p;o,  d,\\i\  non-intercourse  laws,  you  have 
had  scarci'ly  a  :;ip  of  the  deadly  cup,  which  you 
must  drink  to  ilie  very  dregs.  In  these  partial, 
temporary  calamities,  your  Rulers  intended  only  in 
a  gentle  manner  to  I'eel  your  pulse  ;  now  they  in- 
tend to  lop  oft"  yoiu' limbs.  If  you  commence  the 
^Var,  you  understandingly  abafidon  your  indepen- 
dence and  yotir  freedom.  If  you  commence  the 
war,  this  tyrannical,  cruel,  miserable  state  of  things 
becomes  fixed  and  permanent,  as  the  miseries  of  * 
Holland,  and  Prussia,  and  (iermany.  Then  no 
more  petitions,  no  more  asscmi)lages  of  the  people 
to  manifest  iheir  patriotism.     Already,  is  il   high 


inir 


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13 

time,  that  petitions  and  remonstrances  should  be 
laid  aside.  You  have  tlir-^  n  away  enough  by 
sending  them  to  the  Potuni  ..,  to  Ibrm  carpets  for 
her  palaces.  Go  and  petition  the  grave  to  close 
her  gates,  and  admit  no  more  ot"  your  dear  friends. 
Go  and  implore  grim  Death  to  cast  away  his  quiv- 
er and  his  fatal  arrows  ;  if  you  succeetl  in  moving 
the  dull,  cold  ear  of  )eath,  then,  and  not  till  then, 
renew  your  petitions  to  your  Rulers,  ply  them  with 
new  prayers  and  supplicadons. 

By  abject  submission,  by  passive  obedience  in 
the  ranks  of  war  ;  by  extingui^^hing  your  reason, 
your  conscience,  and  your  spirit,  you  may  readily 
avoid  all  politictl  debate  and  strife.  The  dead 
calm  of  a  military  despotism  soon  dift'usas  silence, 
solitude,  and  darkness  over  the  land,  intcrruptr^d 
only  by  the  exultation  of  masters,  and  the  despair- 
ing agonies  of  their  slaves.  The  oyster  slumbers 
in  her  soft  couch,  undisturbed  by  the  billov/s  of  the 
ocean,  which  burst  over  her  house  of  pearl,  unaf- 
frighted  by  the  thunders  of  heaven,  which  tenr  the 
world  in  pieces  around  her.  So  must  you  become, 
my  beloved  countrymen,  engaging  in  this  nefarious 
warfare,  to  shield  yourselves  against  the  intolera- 
ble vexations,  the  maddening  disappointments,  and 
desperate  losses,  which  you  have  begun  to  endure 
for  several  years  past. 

But,  if  1  understand  the  character  of  New-Eng- 
land,this  passive  endurance  of  needless, useless, wan- 
ton mischief  is  not  comjxuiblc  with  your  views,  your 
temper,  your  invincible  determinations.  You  must 
change  tite  radical  traits  of  your  character,  you  must 
cease  to  be  Ncw-Kngland  men,  before  you  can  ex- 
hibit diis  tame,  African,  slavidi  df'porinKnt.  The 
effect  will  not  be  trivial ;  for  the  authors  of  this  war 
have  a  character,  as  fixed  as  your  own  ;  or  if  they 
for  a  moment  should   seem   to  recede  from  thci|r 


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purposes,  it  will  be  only  to  resume  them  with 
jl^rtalcr  advantage,  and  a  thousand  fold  energy. 
You  have  experienced  their  daring  obstinacy,  and 
have  been  humbled  under  its  force.  Those  who 
haw  proclaimed  this  war,  will  sacrifice  their  own 
existence,  bciorc  they  will  give  up  their  claim  to 
domination.  They  will  level  the  motuitains,  before 
tliey  will  coinc  down  to  ecjuality,  and  an  impartial 
deportment  towards  New-England.  They  have 
not  a  fiber  of  sympathy  with  your  dearest  interests  ; 
their  coiu'se  is  destructive  to  your  prosperity ;  their 
.attachments  ingulf  you  in  ruin.  The  war  will 
give  full  play  to  their  hostility,  and  overbearing 
power.  You  bend  before  their  influence,  you  are 
di^:m  -.yed.  Long  have  yott  expected  relief  from 
their  fatal  meastires,  long  have  you  submitted  with 
the  patience  of  Issaehar,  who  like  a  stupid  ass,  bow- 
ed down  between  tv/o  burdens.  And  still,  do  you 
hope,  and  hope,  and  hope,  for  a  change  of  meas- 
ures in  the  rreneh  citiijens,  the  Gallatins,  the  Jef- 
fersons,  tlie  Burrs,  and  Madisons  of  the  comitry  ? 
You  may  as  well  expect  that  the  freezing  blasts  of 
winter  will  cover  your  fields  with  corn,  your  gar- 
dens vvidi  bk)ss(jms.  I'hey  will  as  soon  give  lib- 
erty to  tiiea*  African  slaves  as  uneiiibarrassed  com- 
inerce  to  their  New-England  subjects.  Will  yoti 
then  du-ow  yourselves  completely  into  their  power, 
by  stun  ring  this  warlare  to  proceed  ?  Will  yon  ad- 
mit soiulicrn  troops  into  your  borders?  Will  you 
permit  Erench  soldiers  to  land  on  your  shores  ? 
Will  you  endure  the  sight  of  I'Vench  oifiecrs  at  die 
heail  of  your  ranks  ?  Ilathev  entomb  yourselves  a- 
mong  your  father's  bones.  I,et  the  slaves  of  Napo- 
leon sleep  on  your  pillcvvs,  and  riot  at  your  tables, 
btu  do  not  let  them  domineer  over  the  proprietors. 
You  have  p;uienlly  demonsli^ated  that  p\iling,  and 
whii^.ing,  and  petiiionlng,  iind  feebly  resisting,  will 


your  1 
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to  be 

whai 


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post  ft 
eargo( 
day  th 
1  lave 
J'-urop 
>«)iir  s 
trom  p 
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15 

redress  no  grievances,  will  prevent  no  evils,  will 
command  no  attention,  but  scorn,  and  derision,  and 
accumulated  insults,  and  increasing  privations.  Of 
these  you  have  already  had  enough  to  satisfy  any 
man's   conscience.      Pause    then — consider — form 

your  immutable   resolution what  is  the  result  ? 

Have  you  concluded,  for  yourselves,  your  chil- 
dren and  children's  children,  to  subject  to  greater 
commercial  restrictions,  voluntarily  to  submit  your- 
selves to  the  miseries,  now  endured  by  a  hundred 
million  slaves  in  Europe  ?  then,  it  is  suitable  and 
fit,  that  you  should  be  slaves.  You  are  strong,  and 
ar6  able  to  hew  wood  and  draw  w^ater  for  French 
Tyrants.  Have  you  concluded,  like  Jewish  slaves, 
to  nail  your  ears  to  the  door-posts  of  your  master's 
house,  and  to  go  on  buffeting  the  storms,  and  hew- 
ing down  the  forests,  and  dragging  your  timber 
from  the  hills,  v/hcn  yovir  laws,  virtually  declare^ 
it  shall  rot  on  the  shore  ?  Have  you  concluded  to 
send  yoLiO"  ships  to  sea,  to  load  them  with  rich  car- 
goes, and  as  they  are  moving  from  the  shore,  bow 
your  heads,  while  a  voice  from  the  secret  cham- 
bers, the  dark  caverns  of  Congress,  forbids  a  sail 
to  be  imfurled,  while  your  ship  is  fastened  to  the 
wharf,  as  by  the  spirit  of  magic,  her  cargo  consu- 
ming, her  timbers  the  food  of  worms.  Have  you 
concluded,  after  your  ships  are  abroad  in  a  lawful 
commerce,  to  vield  submission  to  an  execrable  ex 
post  facto  law,  which  declares  that  your  ships  and 
cargo(;s  are  forfeited  with  treble  their  value,  the 
day  they  return  to  the  waters  of  the  United  States  I 
Have  you  concluded,  quiiJtly,  to  see  the  Tyrant  of 
Europe,  who  is  also  the  'J'yrant  of  America,  burn 
\our  ships,  chain  your  sailors,  and  march  them 
Irom  prison  to  prison  ?  Then  blow  the  trumpet,  beat 
the  drum,  fly  to  the  war,  march  to  the  houest  bat- 
tle, to  subdue  his   valiant  and  invincible  foe.     In 


\:' 


I    I 


16 


your  foreheads,  or  in  your  hands  wear  "  the  mark'* 
of  imperial  slaves.  But  as  you  are  voluntary,  be 
cheerful  in  your  cliains  ;  do  not  murmur  or  com- 
plain ;  do  not  look  sullen  or  sad ;  submit  like 
Dutchmen,  and  be  faithful  slaves.  Is  this  too  bad 
for  New-England  spirits  ?  Then,  do  what  is  infi- 
nitely easy  ;  let  there  be  no  war  in  your  territories, 
proclaim  an  honorable  neutrality  ;  let  the  southern 
Heroes  fight  their  own  battles,  and  guard  their  slum- 
bering pillows  against  the  just  vengeance  of  their 
lacerated  slaves,  whose  sighs  and  groans  have  long 
since  gone  up  to  the  court  of  the  Eternal,  crying  for 
the  full  viols  of  his  incensed  wnith.  Rise  in  the 
n'rajesty  of  your  unconquerable  strength,  break  those 
chains,  under  which  you  have  sullenly  murmured, 
during  the  long,  long  reign  of  democracy  ;  batter 
down  those  iron  walls,  which  have  incarcerated 
your  souls  and  bodies  so  long,  and  once  more 
breathe  that  free,  commercial  air  of  New-England, 
which  your  fathers  always  enjoyed. 

While  the  tyrants  of  your  country  are  unitedly, 
gradually,  and  incessantly  wasting  your  strength, 
and  drying  up  your  resources,  breaking  down  your 
spirit  of  entcrprizc,  and  demolishing  the  means  of 
your  independence,  will  you  rise  and  reproach  them 
for  the  tardiness  of  their  deleterious  measures,  with 
both  hands,  will  you  lay  waste  your  own  fields,  set 
fire  to  your  villages  and  cities,  and  sacrifice  your 
own  sons  and  brothers  by  waging  a  wicked  and 
mad  war  with  the  only  nation  on  the  fiice  of  the 
earth,  who  can  essentially  injure  your  interests,  or 
blast  your  hopes  ?  Then  send  to  the  miserable  peo- 
ple of  Turkey,  send  to  the  banditti  of  Tunis  and 
Algiers,  invite  the  abject  creatures  of  those  na- 
t".  >as  to  conic  and  stuiiy  the  science  (jf  slavery  in 
l\t  vv-rlngland.  They  have  ni:ver  endured  such 
wanton,  capi'icious  abuse  ;    such  useless,  inconsis- 


corn- 
like 

D  bad 
infi- 

ories, 

thera 

3lum- 

f  their 

i  long 

ng  tor 

in  the 

:  those 

nured, 

batter 

aerated 

L'.  more 

igland, 

nitcdly, 
rcngth, 
rn  your 
leans  ot 
h  them 

s,  with 
Ids,  set 
:e  your 
:ed  and 

of  the 
rests,  or 
ble  peo- 
nis  and 
lose  na- 
avery  in 
:'(!  sueh 
iuconsis- 


17 

tdnt  vexations  ;  they  do  not  change  old  habits,  and 
assume  a  new  character  to  serve  a  tyrant's  pleas- 
ure. Here  you  may  teach  them  something  new  in 
the  history  of  slaves  ;  not  the  silent,  despairing  en- 
durance of  men,  trembling  at  the  appro  ach  of  a  mer- 
cenary army,  but  of  those,  who  have  the  power  of 
redress,  j'ei?  in  their  own  hands.  Show  them  that 
for  once,  by  a  kind  of  magic  infatuation,  men  iilay 
be  slaves  from  choice ;  show  them  how  to  love 
their  chains,  enjoy  their  miseries,  and  "  worship" 
their  masters. 

If  you  have  not  so  resolved  ;  if  you  have  some 
of  your  father's  blood,  yet  in  your  veins,  then  pro- 
test against  this  war.  Protest  did  I  say,  protest  ? 
Forbid  this  war  to  proceed  in  New-England.  Let 
your  puissant  lords  be  satisfied  by  inflicting  the 
bloody  lash  on  more  than  ten  hundred  thousand 
African  slaves. 

I  must  add,  what  is  imperiously  required  from 
every  Minister  of  the  Prince  of  peace,  that  if  you 
suffer  this  war  to  proceed,  it  will  throw  you  into  the 
embraces  of  that  terrible  Power,  which  is  soon  to 
be  destroyed  with  his  vassal  allies. 

You  expose  yourselves  to  the  contagion  of  her 
mental  plagues,  and  to  her  judgments.  By  this 
war,  you  fight  the  battle  of  the  infidel  king  ;  a  com- 
mon interest  is  produced  between  the  two  countries, 
as  there  has  long  been  a  common  sympathy  be- 
tween the  two  governments.  Who  does  not  trem- 
ble at  such  an  intimate  alliance  ?  AVould  you  throw 
yourself  on  the  bed  of  slumber,  when  you  saw  the 
house  was  already  on  fire  ?  Would  you  inhale  the 
deadly,  burning  wind  of  the  African  desert  ? 

Here  a  remark  forces  itself  on  my  attention.  You 
may  all  have  observed,  that  our  mo^t  profound  Pol- 

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iticians  and  serious  Divines  recoil  with  the  sam6 
unutterable  horror  from  an  alliance  with  France. 
By  a  careful  investigation  of  prophecy,  Divines 
form  precisely  the  same  conclusions  with  the  learn- 
ed Civilians,  who  are  men  of  more  extensive  ob- 
servation, and  more  various  science.  This  ought 
to  strengthen  the  convictions  of  both,  and  encrease 
the  reverence  of  Politicians  for  the  holy  scriptures, 
and  the  esteem  and  respect  of  Christians  for  the 
sagacity  and  wisdom  of  learned  Civilians.  It  should 
excite  them  with  mutual  confidence,  to  aid  each 
other  in  saving  their  country, 

I  might  sooner  have  said,  that  there  is  an  infi- 
nite difference  between  an  offensive  and  defensive 
war,  between  murdering  your  neighbori  and  broth- 
er in  the  bosom  of  his  own  family,  and  defending 
your  life  in  the  sanctuary  ot  your  own  house.  In 
all  wars,  every  person  slain  is  virtually  murdered. 
The  aggressors  arc  accountable  for  every  drop  of 
blood.  The  present  war  is  offensive  on  our  part. 
Every  person  slain,  enemy  or  friend,  is  murdered, 
and  his  blood  falls  on  us.  Already  lives  have  been 
lost,  lost ;  already  agonizing  spirits  have  been  sev- 
ered from  their  bodies  ;  they  have  ascended  to  their 
Judge  ;  they  have  given  in  their  awful  testimony, 
before  the  throne  of  the  Eternal.  The  recording 
angel  has  noted  down  their  words,  and  they  are 
sealed  up  for  the  day  of  r-ctribution.  Woe,  woe,  be 
to  the  authors  of  this  war  ;  woe  be  to  the  soldier, 
who  stains  his  hands  with  blood. 

Unless  the  sun  would  stand  still  upon  Gibeon,  I 
could  not  iu  one  day,  enumerate  all  the  arguments 
against  this  pernicious  war.  The  war  is  uureasoti- 
ahle ;  no  sufficient  provocation  has  been  given.  The 
war  is  unnecessary  ;  an  accommodation  might  have 
keen  obtained.     It  is  ?ipuerik^  useless  war  ;  no  con- 


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le  same 
France. 
Divines 
e learn- 
sive  ob- 
s  ought 
;ncrease 
•iptures, 
for  the 
t  should 
id  each 

an  infi- 
efensive 
d  broth- 
::fending 
ise.  In 
ardered. 

drop  of 
Lir  part; 
ardered, 
ive  been 
een  sev- 
l  to  their 
stimony, 
ecording 
they  are 
,  woe,  be 

soldier, 

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guments 
mrcasoii' 
mn.  The 
rht  have 
no  con- 


siderable advantage  can  be  expected.  It  is  a  war, 
in  its  tendency  fatal  to  Christianity  in  this  country, 
as  the  war  of  Mahomet  in  the  East.  It  is  a  war 
disastrous  to  the  cause  of  Christianity  in  foreign 
countries,  by  dissolving  the  sacred  union  of  efforts, 
now  making  by  the  good  people  of  Britain  and  A- 
merica,  to  spread  the  triumphs  of  the  Cross  in  Asia. 
It  is  a  war  absolutely  fatal  to  this  ^ountry,  by  in^ 
volving  us  in  the  awful  destruction,  coming  on  the 
kingdom  of  Anti-christ.  In  moving  strains  the 
prophets  have  described  the  approaching  woes  of 
Anti-christ,  and  his  vassal  allies.  Such  woes,  the 
world  has  never  endured.  The  armies  of  Atheism 
will  tread  down  the  earth  ;  already  are  they  a  mil- 
lion men,  fierce  as  tigers,  and  terrible  as  demons. 
Their  ruin  makes  haste.  Zachariah  says,  "  Their 
flesh  shall  consume  away,  while  they  stand  on  their 
feet,  and  their  eyes  shall  consume  away  in  their 
sockets ;  and  their  tongue  shall  consume  away  in 
their  mouth."  The  sword,  thirsting  for  their  blood, 
shall  devour  them.  Isaiah  says,  "  The  land  shall 
be  soaked  with  their  blood,  and  the  dust  shall  be 
made  fat  with  fatness,"  with  the  oily  substance  of 
their  carcases  ;  and  again  he  says  "  The  mountains 
shall  be  melted  with  blood.  As  a  handful  of  clay, 
soaked  in  a  vessel  of  water,  seems  to  melt  away  ;  so 
the  mountains  of  Palestine  shall  be  soaked  and  melt- 
ed, as  miry  clay,  with  the  blood  of  the  Anti-chris. 
tian  army.  God  compiands  the  prophet  to  invite 
"every  feathered  foul  and  every  beast  of  the  field 
to  assemble,  to  eat  the  flesh  of  the  mighty  and  to 
drink  the  blood  of  the  princes." 

I  see  an  angel  standing  in  the  sun  ;  he  cries  with 
a  loud  voice,  saying  to  all  the  fowls,  which  fly  in 
the  midst  of  heaven  ;  come  and  gather  yourselves 
together,  unto  the  supper  of  the  great  God.  that  yr 


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may  eat  the  flesh  of  kings,  and  the  flesa  of  captains, 
and  the  flesh  of  mighty  men,  and  the  flesh  of  hors- 
es, and  the  flesh  of  those,  who  sit  on  ihem,  and  the 
flesh  of  all  men,  both  free  and  bond,  both  small  and 
great,  and  all  the  fowls  were  Jilled  with  their  flefli." 
Can  you  endure  the  idea,  that  your  be|oved  fons,  and 
grandfons  {hould  feaft  the  fowls  of  heaven  in  a  foreign 
land  ?  Does  not  the  thought  freeze  your  foul  with  ter- 
ror ?  Then  drive  away  the  demon  ot  war  from  your 
coaft.  The  Puritans  of  New-England  muft  not,  will 
iiot,  cannot  be  dragged  into  this  execrable  war. 

Other  arguments  press  for  difcussion,  but  if  thefe  do 
not  convince  men,  neither  would  the  voice  of  one  from 
the  dead.  If  you  join  with  Anti-chrift  in  this  war,  you 
muft  drink  the  cup  of  his  plagues,  the  mouth  of  the  Lord 
hath  fpoken  it. 

On  which  fide  are  you  ?  A  more  folemn  queftion,  none 
can  propofe  to  his  confcience.  It  is  not  enough,  howev- 
er, to  feel  a  ftrong  conviction  of  the  turpitude  and  mifery 
of  the  Antl-chriftian  caufe.  You  mud  manifefl:  your  ab- 
horrence in  all  prudent  and  lazvful  methods,  manifeft 
your  dctcftation  of  the  ferocious  myrmidons,  engaged  in 
this  perfidious  caufe.  The  man,  who  now  boldly  keeps 
the  post  of  duty  will  be  flrong  like  tiie  houfe  of  David, 
glorious  as  lyiofes,  wrapt  in  the  thunders  of  Sinai. 

Acrofs  the  Atlantic  behold  the  nation  of  your  brothers 
glorioufly,  united  to  refift  the  domination  of  Anti-chrift. 
Briton,  like  Shadrach  and  his  company  in  the  furnace  of 
Babylon  is  furrounded  with  burning  flame  ;  but  receives 
no  harm.  She  looks  abroad  upon  the  ocean  ;  not  a 
friendly  fail  meets  her  eye  ;  the  navies  of  the  world  dif- 
gorge  their  thunders  at  her  bread ;  the  ocean  blazes  around 
her  ;  nearly  the  whole  continent  kindles  into  a  rampart 
of  fire  at  h-r  approach  j  yet  like  the  invincible  hoft  of 
Ifrael,  marching  thro'  the  Red  Sea  ;  {he  purfues  her 
courfc  ;  the  wrecks  of  her  enemies  cover  the  ocean  ;  flie 
fwells  the  fong  of  praife.  In  the  fires,  intended  to  make 
her  the  vi6lim  fhc  triumphs,  and  like  the  angel  of  Ma- 
noah,  afcends  in  the  flame  to  higher  glory.  Her  banners 
yi'iW  .,  :ve  vi<Sorious  on  the  plains  of  Armageddon,  while 


21 


:aptains, 
ot"  hors- 
and  the 
mall  and 
ir  flelh." 
fons,  and 
1  foreign 
with  ter- 
om  your 
not,  will 

f  thefe  do 
one  from 
war,  you 
f  the  Lord 

[lion,  none 
;h,  howey- 
\nd  mifery 
il  your  ab- 
;,  manifeft 
;np;aged  in 
)idly  keeps 
of  David, 
nai. 

ar  brothers 
Anti-chrift. 

furnace  of 
)ut  receives 
an  ;    not  a 

world  dif- 
azes  around 

a  rampart 
ble  hoft  of 
>urfues  her 

ocean  ;  Ihc 
led  to  make 
igel  of  Ma- 
Her  banners 
Jdon,  while 


the  blood  of  her  enemies  will  flow  to  the  horfes  bridles, 
and  the  flefh  of  their  vaflal  kings  furnifli  a  fupper  for  all 
the  vultures  of  heaven. 

A  new  era  of  American  hiftory  now  commences.  Soon 
ihall  we  be  eftablifhed  as  Mount  Zion,  or  thruft  down  to 
ruin.     The  circumftances  and  charaders  of  dillant  gene- 
rations will  be  formed  by  measures  now  adopted.    "When 
they  come  to  the  prefent  page  of  our   miferable  ftory,  fu- 
ture hiftorians  will  paufe,  for  fear,  that  the  truth  Ihould 
feem  the  effufion  offaifehood  or   delerium    and  prevent 
the  fale  of  their  work.     To  write  in  a  fober  hiftory,  that 
a  nation  with  more  than  a  thoufand  miles  of  fea  coaft,  a- 
dorned  with  a  rich  border  of  affluent   towns  and   cities, 
without  any  commanding  fort,  or  army,  or  navy,  or  any 
adequate  defence,  and   with  uncounted  millions   on  the 
ocean,  or  in  the  hands  of  the  foe,  did  in  1812  declare  an 
offenfive  war  againft  the  moft  powerful  raaratime  nation 
on  the  globe,  will  bid  defiance  to  all  belief.     Yet  this  is 
the  fober  fa6t  without  figure,  or  coloring. 

The  wicked  archives  of  all  the  wicked  governments 
"  from  Macadonia's  madman  to  the  Swede,"   furnifti  no 
parallel  for  this  profligate  meafure.     It   is  this  moment 
more  owing  to  the  forbearance,  the  clemency,  and  mag- 
nanimity of  the  L'ngUfli,  than  to   any  preparations  of 
defence  by  our  government,  that  our  cities  are  not  burn- 
ing from  Maine  to  Georgia,  that  one   blaze  of  towns,  » 
thoufand  miles  in  extent,  does  not  amaze  the  world  with 
its  fublimity  and  horror;  that  a  million  people  are  not  wan- 
dering to-day  over  the  aflies  of  their  dwellings,   without 
a  home,  without  employment,  and  without  bread.      The 
general   government  cannot  provide  any  reafonable  de- 
fence.    They  cannot  raife  men  ;   they   cannot  borrow 
money.     Their  drafted  "  confcripts"  will  fooner  be  mur- 
dered, than  march  at  their  orders.      Like  the  decrepit, 
expiring  government  of  Turkey,  ours  can   crufh  its  fub- 
jedts,  but  cannot  afford  them  fecurity.     They  "  can  call 
fpirits  from  the  vaft  deep  ;"  but  the  ipirits  will  not  come. 
Our  country  is  now  prelerved  like  the  prophet  in  the  den. 
of  Babylon  ;  the  royal  lions  difdained  to   devour  the  in- 
nocent viclini.     The  late  declaration   of  war  will  be  re- 
corded among  "  the  wonders  of  hiftory.'*     The  ftory  of 


h'? 


22 

Herod  ^  ''  '''»y''»f  »!'  'be  babes  of  Bethlehem  will  give 
^lace  to  -  -re  cnorm^  js  iniquity.  The  wickedncfs 
Itt;  'Ug  (he  ji,,'')ngcfl  refeni^  !iO(e  to  that  of  our  govern- 
m«^t  is  that  ot  ivero.  Nero  had  heard  of  the  burning  of 
T%oy,  and  his  mind  was  fired  with  a  d(  (li-e  to  witnefs  fuch 
?•  i&wie  of  horror  himfelf.  He,  therefore,  caufed  the  fa- 
Ml#iis  city  of  Rome,  ihe  metropolis  of  the  world, 
to^Ri  f^t  on  fire  in  different  places  ;  the  flames 
spread,  kuA  the  conflagration  was  universal  ;  the 
fire  raged  lor  nine  days.  Nothing  was  heard  a- 
mid  the  roar  of  the  flames  ;  but  the  crash  of  falling 
temples  and  palaces,  the  cries  of  mothers  calling 
for  their  children,  and  the  shrieks  of  thousands  ex- 
piring in  the  fire.  Nero  enjoyed  all  this,  and  from 
the  top  of  a  high  tower  feasted  his  eyes  with  this 
scene  of  misery,  playing  on  his  harp  and  singing 
the  woes  of  falling  Troy.  Just  so,  it  is  announced 
in  the  papers,  that  the  President  of  die  U.  States 
was  cheerful  and  gay,  after  he  had  signed  the  wick- 
ed declaration  of  war,  which  has  already  covered^ 
the  land  with  sadness,  torn  many  bosoms  with  an- 
jijuish  ;  plunged  numbers  into  the  eternal  world. 
He  like  Nero  has  kindled  a  fire,  the  future  miseries 
and  conflagrations  of  which,  nj  fancy  can  realize  ; 
no  pencil  describe  ;  a  fire  which  may  burn,  not 
nine  days  alone,  but  nine  years,  or  half  a  century  ; 
a  fire  which  may  not  only  consume  one  city  ;  but 
fill  the  whole  continent  with  misery  and  blood. 
Who  can  describe  the  woes  of  this  war  against 
BritJi'n  ?  War  against  Britain  did  I  say  ?  It  is  an 
abuse  of  words.  The  leaders  in  this  abominable 
work  are  deceived,  if  they  suppose,  we  are  tVeir 
dupes.  We  understand  the  fare  The  govern trrtt^ 
know  perfectly  well,  that  they  cannot  carry  or.  -.r- 
formidable  operations  of  war.  Without  the  means, 
what  can  they  effect  ?  Will  their  blustering  mani- 
festo bi\     r  down  the  Queen  of  Isles  ;   will  it  tear 


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down  the  walls  of  their  Gibralters  ;  or  'Silence  the 
thunder  of  their  navies  ?  Then,  havi"  they  little  to 
fear  ;  then,  this  is  really  a  dec!  iration  of  war  a- 
gainst  N'ew-l^nglnnd.  The  spirii  of  the  declara- 
tion may  be  thus  expressed. 

"  Whereas  the  President  of  the  United  States 
finds  it  impossible,  such  are  the  complaints  of  the 
people,  any  l.mger  to  maintain  the  continental  sys- 
tem of  l.i.  Mr  iter  Napoleon  by  commercial  restric- 
tion .  ihereiore,  war  is  declared  against  Great- 
Britiin.  hoping  and  expecting,  that  she  will  be  pro- 
loked  to  blockade  our  whole  coast^  and  destroy  our 
commerce,  and  so  more  effectually  execute  the  wishes 
of  our  imperial  master,  than  a  perpetual  embargo. 
This  measure  is  also  endeared  to  us  by  knowing, 
that  a  gredt  part  of  the  personal  property  of  New- 
England  is  always  abroad  at  this  season  of  the 
year,  and  must  be  lost.  This  will  crush  their  spir- 
it of  enterprise,  and  terminate  the  opposition  of  the 
Eastern  States  to  our  great  and  good  Master  Napo- 
leon." 

This  nefarious  declaration  of  war  is  nothing  more, 
nor  less,  than  a  licence  given  by  a  Virginia  vassal  of 
the  French  Emperor  to  the  English  nation,  authori- 
zing them  in  legal  form  to  destroy  the  prosperity  of 
New-England.     This  is  the  grand  design,  and  chief 
expectation  of  the  government.     My   heart  bleeds 
for  my  country,  going  like   a  lamb  to  the  house  of 
slaughter.     Never,  -..ever,  till  this  moment  have  I 
so  deeply  lamented  my  ordinary  talents,  feeble  pow- 
ers, the  want  of  utterance,  and  the  powers  of  persua- 
sion.    I  can  tell  you  only  what  you  already  know 
yourselves.     Doc-iowt*  cloubt    perplex    your  minds 
concerning  the  path,  which  you  ought  to  pursue  ? 
What  would  your  fathers   have  done  ?  Wliat  did 
they  do  ?  Even,  wh'-n  th«y  were  on  the  other  z\d% 


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the  water,  only  a  feeble  church^tliey  disdained  op- 
pression ;    they   crossed  the  ocean^    and  hung  the 
standard  of  hberty  and  the  standard   of  comineree 
on  the  oaks   of  New-England.     Instead  of  bonds, 
and  forfeitures,  and  restrietions,   and  hundred    per 
cent  duties,  which  you  have  borne  with  the  meek- 
ness oi'  martyrs,  they  would  not  advance  a  cent  for 
all  the  herbs  of  China,   for  all  the   luxuries  of  the 
East.     They  did  not  put  on  the  chains  of  slavery, 
to  see  how  they  would  suit  their  active  limbs  ;    the 
proposal  fired  their  indignation,  and  made  them  in- 
dependent.    But  you  have   drunk  and   drunk   the 
cup  of  vexation  to  thfc  dr^jgs  ;  you  have   worn  the 
galling  chains  of  commercial  tyranny,  till  the  spasms 
cf  phrenzy  have   shattcrred    your  frame  ;  till    the 
gangrene  of  submission  threatens  your  speedy  dis- 
solution. Survey  the  ruins  ;  contemplate  the  miser- 
ies already  produced,   only  by   these   preparatory 
.steps  to  this  war.     A  doleful  picture   i:>  presented 
to  the  weeping  eye  of  humanity.     Were  the  Angel 
of  storms  to  rouse  the  elements,  and   shipwreck  ail 
the  vessels  of  America,  loaded  with  riches,  from  the 
I5altic  to  the  Chinese    sea  ;    should  he    move  the 
foundations  of  tb.e  deep,    and    choke    up    all  your 
harbours  ;  should  his  furious   blast   penetrate  the 
country,  dash  in  pieces  the  timber,  wither    half  the 
fruits  of  the  ground,  tearing  up   the   fields,  and  t/t'- 
stroy'in^f  half  llwir  vdhic^  would  you  not  beseech  the 
Almighty  to  destroy  this  angel  of  mischief,  or  chain 
him  in  the  bottomless  pit  ?     Stop — stop — 

Have  not  the  general  Government  vir- 
tually done  all  this  ?  Were  the  continent  ]nii  up  at 
auction  today,  would  it  yield  \\i\i'  t/ic  .sum  which  it 
would  the  hour  before  the  rei-:i  of  Mr.  JelYcrsju 
commenced  ?  'I/w/i,  -he  countrv' 
':d  to  a  gallant  sjh^/,     coming  1. 


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it  for 

f  the 


sails 


•?*iveacl,  her  streamers  flying,  her  crew  rejoichig  ; 
her  cargo  the  riches  of  the  East.  Now^  the  coun- 
try is  a  solitary  wreck,  cast  ashore  on  the  rocks, 
?-tript  of  her  tackle,  robbed  of  her  cargo,  deserted 
b)  her  people.  There  is  but  one  remedy  for  this 
evil  ;  you  must  extinguish  the  sparks  of  this  abom- 
inable warfare.  You  mnsifbrcvtr  put  to  rest  the 
hope^  that  you  ever  will  engage  in  such  a  mad  cru- 
sade. 

I  entreat  you,  my  beloved  friends,  seriously  to 
fconsider  the  prospects  of  the  country.  An  alliance 
with  I'rance  may  be  soon  expected  ;  it  is  virtually 
effected.  Look  to  Europe,  and  learn  the  consc- 
(jucnci's.  Will  not  the  same  cause  produce  the  same 
fjftects  here?  The  lives,  which  have  been  lost,  the 
evils  already  endured,  are  only  the  first  drops  be- 
fore a  rain  of  blood.  If  you  remain  silent,  you 
may  soon  c::pcct  to  see  your  cities  wrapt  in  flames, 
your  country  towns  covered  with  desolation.  You 
will  soon  see,  not  a  band  of  Britons,  but  a  meager, 
famisiicd,  hungry  horde  of  savage  Frenchirifjn,  with 
the  pruf:>);ion  of  friends,  but  the  actions  of  demons  ; 
with  llie  voice  of  lambs,  but  the  spirit  of  tygers. 
^o  they  entered  liolLuul,  and  Naples,  and  Swit7.er- 
land,  ;n,d  Gerr"  ..ny,  and  Prussia,  and  Rome,  and 
Venice,  and  Spain.  They  went  to  give  them  lib- 
erty ;  they  stayed  to  make  them  slaves  ;  they  went 
in  the  garb  of  friends  ;  they  stayed  to  rob  their 
fields,  to  ])lund(.r  their  houses,  their  banks,  their 
ehurches  ;  to  ravish  tlieir  women,  to  murder  their 
men,  to  ruin  the  countrv.  So  will  it  be  here,  if 
vou  allow  the  wretches  to  tread  on  your  ground, 
or  to  I'reatlu'  vour  air.  M'liev  will  then  drive  you 
from  ycjur  liouses  ;  they  will  drag  your  sons  in 
chains  to  their  armies  ;  \niivcrsal  plunder  will  des- 
oL'x  the  countrv.     Eamine  and  death  will  close  the 


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scene.  This  is  reality ;  it  has  actually  taken  place 
thro'  a  great  part  of  Europe.  You  do  love  your 
country,  your  children,  your  privileges,  and  the 
temples  of  your  God  ;  then  I  beseech  you  by  your 
love  of  country,  by  your  love  of  your  families  ; — 
for  God's  sake,  I  beseech  you,  exert  every  lawful 
method  to  extinguish  the  kindling  fires  of  war ;' 
tear  yourself  from  those,  who  are  accomplices  in 
the  fatal  measure,  from  those,  who  are  covering 
the  land  with  misery  and  death.  Were  your  boat 
fastened  to  a  fire-ship,  just  ready  to  explode,  would 
you  not  cut  the  painter,  and  bend  to  the  oar,  till 
the  ocean  sparkled  around  you  ?  Then  break  away 
from  this  tremendous  war,  which  is  sinking  you, 
and  your  posterity,  and  your  country  into  the 
abyss  of  ruin. 


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